John Lloyd Waddy
(1916-1987)
Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot and New South Wales parliamentarian
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John Lloyd Waddy, OBE, DFC, QC (10 December 1916 – 11 September 1987) was a senior officer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and later served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Minister of the Crown. As a fighter pilot during World War II, he shot down fifteen enemy aircraft in the Desert War, becoming one of Australia's top-scoring aces and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. He went on to command No. 80 Squadron in the South West Pacific, where he was awarded the US Air Medal. He was also one of eight senior pilots who took part in the "Morotai Mutiny" of April 1945.
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16 December 1916 Sydney, Australia
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11 September 1987 (aged 70) Goulburn, Australia
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